Author Archives: Tony Redmond

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About Tony Redmond

Lead author for the Office 365 for IT Pros eBook and writer about all aspects of the Office 365 ecosystem.

NFS and Exchange: Am I a sheep? Some at Nutanix think so…

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Tony Redmond

A number of people working for Nutanix have been in the vanguard of those who would like to see NFS supported as a valid storage option for Exchange deployments, some of whom cheerfully recommend that “customers continue to run Exchange … Continue reading →

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My top 10 Office 365 Roadmap features

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Tony Redmond

As I discussed in an “Exchange Unwashed” post about Office 365 change management, Microsoft has adopted new methods to keep customers informed about new developments in the rapidly-changing world of Office 365. This is a necessary step not only because … Continue reading →

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Cloud services mean a very different support experience

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Tony Redmond

My recent experience of working through a problem with Office 365 support confirmed once again just how fundamental the paradigm shift is for IT professionals tasked with resolving problems after workload moves to the cloud. Overall, the support experience was … Continue reading →

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Progress in raising public folder limits – but we’re not there yet

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Tony Redmond

It was great to see the EHLO blog informing the Exchange community that work is progressing to increase the scalability of modern public folders and raise the somewhat pathetic limits revealed last March. As you’ll recall, the old limits were … Continue reading →

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GAMME – an unfortunate name for Google’s new migration utility

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Tony Redmond

I know (because I have visited the Dublin Googleplex several times) that Google employs several thousand people in Ireland. Couldn’t one of them have looked at the acronym for their new Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Exchange (GAMME) service and … Continue reading →

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Exchange Unwashed Digest – May 2014

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Tony Redmond

May 2014 brought a TechEd North America event and produced some interesting news from that conference. But there was lots of other stuff to discuss during the month. Here’s what I published on my Exchange Unwashed blog on WindowsITPro.com. Learning about … Continue reading →

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The odd case of Chrome and the disappearing Office 365 mailboxes

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Tony Redmond

As some of you know, I use Office 365 for my production email service. I also use SharePoint and Lync, but email is often the reason why people move to a paid-for cloud service. You might be surprised that I … Continue reading →

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Some factors that make it much easier to introduce new features in the cloud

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Tony Redmond

As you’re probably aware, Microsoft uses the same code base to deliver both Exchange 2013 on-premises and Exchange Online. New builds are generated from the base and first appear in Exchange Online and later in a quarterly cumulative update. It … Continue reading →

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New technology changes comparison between on-premises and cloud software

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Tony Redmond

When cloud services first became available, it was said that the most dangerous weapon in IT was the article in an airline magazine that attracted the attention of a CIO to a cheap monthly payment per user. Enthused by the … Continue reading →

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Enterprise-grade cloud services are the new battleground between Microsoft and Google

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Tony Redmond

The first day of any large vendor-centric technology conference is invariably accompanied by a great deal of hype as the vendor takes full opportunity to strut their stuff and spread the good news. Keynotes full of bold new announcements are … Continue reading →

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